Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-13
GENERAL MARKETS.
Produce and Provisions.

ST. LOUIS, MO-, May Il.-Flour-Firn and
very quiet. Wheat opened strong and sold
decline in new crop months, closing &c under
yesterday; July 15G{c higher than prices of
yesterday; No. red cash soc bid; May 500
SEC, closing at S51zc; June S46S4lIc, closing at
St196S214c, closing at SI3[c; September $50
S414c, closing SIC. Corn firm, higher but quiet;
3S16@5S4c, closing at SszEc. Oats-Msrket
was quiet and firm; cash 271{92S18c; May
2Sc bid; June 2S5c; July 25c bid. Corn
en5 o2 in w fsIand ste adq at firm 81 o. s.
Provisions dull and easy. Pork-Old mess
SO 90; irregular new Sic 90. Lard S6 seas 90.
clears al clear ribs 81 80; short clear 81 6711-
Bacon, boXed-Shoulders Sc 2566 so; long clears
So O50S 20; clear ribs S. 9O'Gs 20; short clears
SIS 250S 90 Hams SlI 256I4 90. Afternoon
board-Wheat irregular; May S5c BID; June
So &c, closing at SIC bid; July l%6S216c; Au-
gust S1x "a S3c; September S36S31Ic. Corn steady
and unchanged. Oats quiet and unchanged.
CHICAGO, ILL, May l1.-Au conditions this
morning seemed to favor the. bull side of the
market Besides the cables there was report
of droush in the west and northwest and the
effect of yesterdays government crop, which
showed material decline In The condition of
the crop bad not yet worn away. Juue wheat
opened at 563sC and adYAnceduntil It reache
$3.50. At this point the Clique and long cToWu
began selling wheat, and June dropped back to
S5%c. In less than one hour after the opening
the clique had again successfully MIXED the
crowd and marketed lot of wheat which cost
them S5c on Monday at $3.50 down to sec, at
which point they stopped selling. After
prices got down to sec for June 1t remained
quiet and comparatively little trading was
done. Com did not follow The same course as
wheat. Shorts in that product are very eau
tious and inclined to cover. June held steady
at 40I4c, the opening price, all the time wheat
was going down, ana there were numerous
buyers at that figure. June ribs were weak,
and early in the day went down from s. 424 to
81 So, but later recovered and advanced to 81 IS.
Lard was dull and quiet. Leading futures
closed as follows: Wheat, No. 2, May SAC;
June , s6G; es July SIZE; August sac. Corn
ust 4234c. Mess pork. per bbl-May and
June So 90. Lard-Per 100 pounds, May deliy-
cry. s. az 5z%; June S. So; July S. 80; Az q
July 81 "a; August 81 521z- Cash quotations.
Flour quiet, firm land unchanged; No spring
wheat S4szGS41lc; No 2 red S5c; No, corn
3955c. Mess pork SD CO.. Lard, per 100 pounds,
Sc IS Short ribs sides Qoose) 81 3007 80; dry
sailed shoulders (bOIed) s. 3565 20; short clear
sides (boxed) 81 7567 so.
NEW YORK, May l1.-Flour-Firm, but not,
q0otably changed. Wheat-S got lots Il ale and
options 3501hc higher, closing weak with
reaction of z402Sci export trading fairly activei
speculation very brisk; spot No red at $50
1850; elevator at 912{ 09Se and May at 96E
0965sC, closing at SIC; June at 95 15-l6696}lc,
closing at $3.50; July 951<69616c, closing at
955Sc; August at 932s 694zc, closing st $3.50.
Corn-Spot lots about &c and options &c
higher; closing steady; spot No. 2, 4S5zc ele-
vator; zGSEc delivered May 4s7564s7S, closing
st 49,; June 4SEf9485Sc, closing at
4S5Ici July at 495S a49%c, closing at
1870; August 5OI05OI<c, closing at SOC;
Coffee-SpOt fair; Rio quiet; options active and
higher; sales oil, 900 bags; May SIC 45a166O June
SIC 509I6 20; July $l6 65016 SIS; August SIG 700
Is so; September SIC 1917 %; October SIC go
II 10; November SIG 95Sl7 Is; December SIG 80
ali -; January SIT OO9I7 20; February SIT GOA
II 30 ;March$lT;l5017 81. Sugar quiet and steady
fair refining 7-l6c, refined STEADY; Molasses
steady Rice firm Pork firm. Cut meats
firm. Lard to poiats lower; spot 81 l21Is
June ST 1901 15j. Guly 81 2097 %; August